Italian pizza! For me, there is nothing like an Italian pizza. The thin crust, the fresh topping, the cheese, yummy! The secret behind a good Italian pizza is to keep it simple. Don’t overload the pizza with all the topping in the world, but stick with a few good ingredients. The second tip is to use flour for pizza purpose, normally Tipo 00, and keep the thickness of the pizza crust to a minimum.

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Mix yeast, water, salt, sugar and olive oil. Add the flour and knead for 10-15 minutes. I would strongly recommend using a kitchen machine for this job. J Let it rest under a clean kitchen towel for 1 hour or more. Store the rest of the pizza dough in the fridge for later use.

Sauce:

Use a blender and mix all the ingredients until smooth. Use salt and pepper to taste.

Pizza:

Preheat your oven to its maximum temperature with a baking tray or pizza stone.

Use a quarter of the pizza dough, and sprinkle your counter with flour. Use a rolling pin to get a circular, thin pizza crust. Spread the sauce with a spoon evenly on the crust. Slice mozzarella and spread across the crust. Slice the tomatoes and sprinkle over.

If you are using a pizza stone; sprinkle semolina on a tray etc and transfer the pizza to it. Slide onto pizza stone and cook for 5-10 minutes until the crust is golden. If you are using a baking tray; carefully remove the tray from oven, transfer the pizza to the tray and insert back into oven for 5-10 minutes.

When the pizza has finished cooking, sprinkle with ham, pine nuts, arugula, olive oil and slice some parmesan to it. Enjoy! =)

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My name is Øyvind, and I am the author of this blog. I am 28 years old and live in Bergen, Norway. I work as an engineer at daytime, and home chef in the afternoon.
My interest for food goes all the way back to the age of 6. That's when I started to prepare my first basic meals and preparations in our family. I am mostly self taught, but have received tips from friends, chefs and of cook books.
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